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It seems I made a right move to re-surface the story, as people are wanting for the original to continue. I will try to not disappoint you all.
However, I will warn you this: Mine will be a lot shorter than original. One chapter of mine could cover three or even more chapters in the original. Different styles will have different effects.
So with that out of the way, enjoy the second chapter everyone!
Flashback
"So… you want permission to open that portal in Gensokyo?"
Yukari, the founder of Hakurei Barrier, the Sage of Gensokyo, asks curiously, while sipping her tea slowly. Facing her across the table is a man covered in shadow completely, no beings could be able to recognize his features, not even the ancient Youkai herself despite her best to try and use her abilities to try and find out.
"Do you have any ideas what happened when you interfered the future with the past?"
"I'm fully aware." The person answers, not touching his teacup in the slightest. "However, I could do a few things to avoid such troubles. Of course, no one else would notice me… or at least, my other self."
"And what could I gain for this?"
"Eh… diversity? I mean, you did that to many people, right?"
"… I don't really have much fun recently. However, the moment I saw big troubles…"
"Don't worry, my other self will jump in if things suddenly change into bad paths."
"… If you can handle it." The woman then giggles. "You could just ask your other self to ask me…"
"Sorry, but with this? I need to make sure myself." The man then picks up his teacup and drinks… and wrinkles in discomfort and puts the cup down. "My apology. Not a fan of green tea."
"I'm surprised you can't drink it."
"Not really. I just don't like bitter things in general. Thanks for hearing out my request." Then, the man snaps his fingers, and he dissolves into nothingness…
"He's gone, madam?" Ran walks inside with a plate of deserts, and places it on the table.
"Yes." Picking up a piece of apple, Yukari speaks. "The future of human in Outside World is… quite interesting. And those Gods around… it seems our world holds more value for the future than I thought."
"This person… you know him?"
"Not in the slightest, and he could block my power in trying to find his identity. However, he seems to be a good guy. Let's see how much work he's going to do with this." She then waves her free hand, and an eye-filled portal appears. "Let's watch what my dear humans are doing…"
Present
"Hey, Reimu! How are you doing?" Slowly descending until her feet are two meters off the ground, Marisa jumps off her broom and lands down effortlessly while shouting out loud.
"Tired." Laying face-down on the floor inside of the shrine, the Hakurei miko groans. Completely under the roof, she's certain that she won't get sunburned even with stupid reasons. "Too hot…"
"Come on, Reimu! We have the whole summer for ourselves!" Marina grins, as she leans her broom on the stairs while she walks in and sits next to the red miko. "Want to visit the human village? It's been a while."
"In the middle of the day? Unless Cirno is here, which I doubt it, then I'm not going anywhere." Not admitting to anyone, but Reimu could see the fairy being the most useful one, with her intelligence actually on par with human. Her strength is no joke either, if her childish personality doesn't stop it to bear more fruit.
"Did someone just call me?" Right on cue, as the two immediately feel the heat slowly wash away, as the fairy of ice floats right in front of them.
"Perfect timing!" Marisa shouts. "Hey, Cirno! Wanna join us to the human village?"
"Sure!" Without a doubt, the girl answers.
"…Me and my big mouth…" Lifting herself up, Reimu walks out of the house, feeling slightly better because of the cooling aura Cirno releases constantly. "Fine. Let's…" Then she suddenly feels a shift in the air, as she looks around to try to find it, but ends up with nothing.
"Hm? What is it Reimu?" Marisa asks in curiosity.
"…Nothing. I thought Yukari just did something. Let's go." And with that, the trio floats up in the air and starts heading towards their point of interest.
Skygeirr Platform
Kerrigan and the others have departed to do their own things, leaving Stukov and Abathur with his work here. The Infested Commander then says: "Wish you good luck, Abathur. Try not to get yourself killed."
"… No worry. Zerg strong, capable for protection."
One of the Overlords picks Abathur up and lifts him towards the Mini Leviathan. The moment he's inside the massive flesh-ship, the Leviathan and the Ultralisk start heading towards the portal, with the Infested Terrans standing aside to not get crushed.
"Have a safe trip, comrade!" Stukov shouts up one more time before the two massive creatures vanish into the other side of the portal. He then starts ordering his units: "Start patrolling you guys! Not going to let yourself killed again, okay?"
Human school, human village
"Class is over, everyone! Please remember your homework, okay?" The children cheers up and leaves after Keine gives them the signal to do so. Once everyone's out, the Youkai teacher lets out a sigh. "Why aren't they like that in the class?"
"Because it's boring." Bringing two cups of cold tea, Mokou hovers one in front of her friend's face. "Got this from Rinnosuke, saying that it's best served cold."
"Thanks." Taking the cup, Keine takes a small sip. "… It's quite good, actually." She then frowns about Mokou's previous words. "School Education might be boring, but it's necessary for them to learn."
"Bah! They can live without them." Drinking the tea in her hand, Mokou dismisses the matter. "Anyway, want to head for lunch? I heard the old restaurant just opened back after Marisa trashed it."
Keine sighs when she remembers what happened. "Poor the old man." Then she smiles up. "Let's see if we could help him…"
"MISS KEINE!" One of the school guards suddenly bursts in, interrupting the two's conversation. "A child spotted a giant flying fish with tentacles on the air! It's a massive Youkai!"
Now that alarms both of the Youkai, as the two run after the guard outside. Then they look up to see said abomination, with spikes as well on its body. Keine immediately orders: "Mister guard, alert everyone, and tell them to stay inside of their houses. Mokou, follow me!"
"YES MADAM! / OKAY!" The guard and the Hourai Immortal comply, and they start doing their work to protect the village.
Green. Greener than Zerus. Cleaner than Char.
No active volcano. No deadly blizzard. No pools of burning acid. No signs of infestation…yet.
Birds strains, not matched to any other planets. Definitely Earth.
Hydralisk spotted human. A human village.
Next destination. Ultralisk, remain undetected.
"Say again?"
"I'm gonna put a huge ice cube into Yukari's gap. She would feel it like it's under her shirt!"
"I doubt it works. Who knows wherever that gap could lead into?"
"Well, how about we snuff something in and then…"
"What… the hell is that?" Reimu suddenly points at something behind Marisa (the witch has turned her back to the front to talk to the two), making the girl to turn back…
"HOLY!" Marisa shouts in surprise as the trio looks at the monstrous figure floating straight towards the human village. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING? IT'S THE SIZE OF A BUILDING!"
"Are those… weapons?" Focusing on the thing, Reimu could see spikes over its body and the tips of the tentacles. "Whatever it is, it means no good to the village. We have to fasten our pace now!"
"It's not doing anything yet." Mokou comments. She and Keine have floated up hundred meters in the air, directly to the monster's left side as they're observing it from afar. "Should we attack it, or…"
"Not until it attacks first." Not losing her focus on the monster, Keine answers. "Still, keep your guard up. Who knows what it can do."
Brandishing her fire sword out, Mokou holds it in her right hand as she prepares for anything to happen. "You don't have to say twice."
Interesting. Flying human without assist? Fire sword out of thin air? Psionic masters?
Must get essence for further experiments. Releasing Mutalisks.
"HEY KEINE!" Marisa shouts out after the trio spots the other duo. "What is that? Did you get it from somewhere?"
"You wish." Keine deadpans. "If I did, I would have made an announcement already."
Mokou then notices three small creatures flying straight towards them. "Guys, be ready. I think they're not friendly…" One of them then shoots out some kind of green ball towards them, followed by the other two. Though, the projectiles move way slower than the normal Danmaku, combining with her own skills as well, giving Mokou enough time to cut them down with no problems. Though, each slash causes the projectiles to one-by-one explode, nearly startling her a bit. "Okay… Keine, now can we attack?"
"… Depends if…" Another barrage of projectiles coming towards them, and this time Reimu calls out three Yin-yang orbs and blasts the green balls into nothingness. "It attacks again. Okay, now it's an official sign for battle."
"Now that's something I would like to hear!" Marisa shouts in excitement, before pointing her Hakkero towards the bigger target. "LOVE SIGN…"
Shocked. Glaive Wurms, being killed too easily.
More figures flying. This place, Land of Templar? Not Protoss, but equal in strength. Could be greater.
Laser, hit Leviathan. Damage comparable, if not stronger than Void Ray.
Greater forces must be used. Hydralisk, shoot the human.
The Mutalisks continue their attacks, while desperately dodging the counterattacks coming from the girls. Luckily, the Glaive Wurms could bounce between Danmaku if not being shot at directly, but the density of the opposite firing is too thick, and the parasites die without causing any damage towards the natives of Gensokyo.
Luckily, the Hydralisk has crouched out and stands on top of the Leviathan, starts aiming towards the 'flying human' and fires its spikes out. Being sturdier than Glaive Wurms, the spikes pass through the Danmaku, but it's still not enough to hit the girls as they keep dodging constantly. Seeing it being ineffective, Abathur has ordered a second one up to help the first, while starting to send the Zerglings to the ground via a Drop Pod…
And of course Keine notices that. After dodging a spike, she shouts out: "That thing just shot something into the village! Reimu, Marisa, can you try to take care from here?"
"…" Reimu doesn't immediately answers, instead she focuses on the Hydralisks… and sees something that she doesn't like at all. "There's time and place, you damn Tengu!"
The spikes suddenly stop flying forward them, and Marisa takes that moment to check what stopped the monsters to fire at them… and also sees why Reimu just shouted. "Of course Aya would be the first one to go near it-ze."
"It's not the time to take pictures! Marisa, we're pushing through this to get her! Keine, just go and protect the village, we will handle everything here!"
Human with wings? Mutation or evolution? Is this the future?
Human, 'taking photos' of Hydralisks and Leviathan. Hydralisks, try to grab her, human dodges faster.
Close range spike shooting, still not able to hit. Speed rival to Queen of Blades. Cannot collect essences.
Energy blasts. Not lethal, but painful. Hydralisks, cannot dodge. Zerglings, possible.
"What the hell are you doing, Aya?" Reimu shouts out in frustration, when the miko and the witch manage to reach the reporter in question.
"Taking pictures, of course!" Aya grins while dodging the attacks. "It's been quite a time after the last incident, and this is going to be in the head of…"
"This is serious!" Reimu snaps. "They're not using Danmaku! This is not the regular incident around here! THIS THING COULD BE A REAL DANGER!"
"Have to agree with Reimu here, Aya-ze. Those creatures mean real deal…" One spike nearly hits her shoulder, luckily her Hakkero is in the way to deflect it out. "OUCH! Okay, that hurts a little bit…" Her hand shakes up a bit because of the impact. "That would take more than…" She stops herself to smell something burning near her, and she looks down and is shocked to see a scratch on her Hakkero, which is smoking with melting woods. "THAT THING IS POISONOUS?!"
"Okay, that's it!" With the sun up high, the temperature just boils out what's left of Reimu's patience and calmness. "I already suspected that damn hag must have done something, and THIS is what I got? Once this thing's down, I'm going to turn it into fish sticks!" Calling out numerous Yin-yang orbs, she shouts out her spell card: "Treasure Sign: Dancing Yin-Yang Orbs!"
"Sakke, sakkeeee…" Not caring anything surrounding, a drunken girl with her gourd in her hand is staggering on the road, while regularly chucking the gourd in her mouth for more of said drink. "Sakkee issst tttheeee bbbeesstt…"
And nothing can bring her out of that state, not even when the Drop Pod just lands straight in front of her face, creating a wave of strong wind around it and a disgusted squishy sound. Suika, completely unfazed, stops a bit and watches the Zerglings creeping out. One of them immediately sees her, as it rushes to her and bites her head… only for the girl to giggle as it only 'tickles' her. The Zergling uses its claws to hit her, but other than damaging her clothes a bit, there's no signs of her being hurt at all.
"Big Doggie wants to play? Yay!" And to the Zergling and Abathur's surprise, Suika just reduces her size a bit and climbs up on its back despite the former try to shake her off, and she starts shaking the guard in her hand while saying: "Let's goooo!"
Seeing that ignoring her now is the best, Abathur orders the other Zerglings to attack the guards nearby, and that one to try to find somewhere to push her off… only for the Zergling to be kicked in the face by a furious Keine as it gets sent towards a wall of a building, with Suika finally dropping off its back. Mokou follows with her sword throwing the Zerglings out of the guards. The monsters change their targets, as all of them jump on the Immortal girl, but she easily dodges all of them, while giving them a slash on its body. The sword is sharp, however, the Zerglings have fought worse, as the wounds aren't able to cause too deep into their bodies, as they viciously attack the girls without stopping.
Not pleased with result.
Zerg, advantages in numbers. An hour passed, not able to deal with the natives.
None of attacks are lethal. However, damage not able to subdue.
Roaches, still in keep, but not able to do much if released.
Ultralisk, await for…
"STOP!" Girl's voice. In front of the Leviathan. Lighter blue than Terran ally. Causing all fights to stop.
"What the… Cirno? Get out of here, this place is dangerous for you!" Red girl shouted, not pleased.
"Why are you all fighting? We haven't even talked yet!" Blue shouts back.
"Does they look like they are going to talk?" Black argues. "They attack the moment we're nearby!"
"Maybe because we just startled them! They're just trying to defend themselves!"
… Logical thinking… May take advantages to gather essences. Without killing or losing.
"… Now you say it. Maybe Cirno is right, girls." Wing human.
"Could be. We still have to be careful." Red.
Time for his own reveal.
"Hey girls! Another one is coming out of that fish!" Marisa, noticing a creature starting to crawl out on top, warns the girls. Said creature is having a bit of troubles going up, so the two spike-shooting creatures have to help it. And with that, the girls start surrounding those creatures.
The newest one raises one of its hands up to show that it's trying to make peace. Seeing that, Aya starts her questions immediately: "Hey, can you talk?"
"Yes." It answers. "Abathur. Evolution Master of the Swarm. Wish to talk to the blue one."
"You mean me?" The girl flies forward. "Nice to meet you, Abathur. I'm Cirno! You speak so funny!"
… "Irrelevant. Wish to make peace. Apologize for previous actions."
"Make peace, you said? And why did you attack us first?" Keine joins in the conversation, as Mokou stays on the ground to look after the Zerglings, one of which has been turned into Suika's plaything again.
"… Planning to take essence. Improve the Swarm."
"And what is 'essence' you are talking about?" Narrowing her eyes suspiciously, Keine is thinking something that's very unpleasant.
"I think I know what he means." Out of nowhere, the Moon Rabbit floats up to the group. "I saw you all up here, so…"
"You said you know what he meant. Care to elaborate?" Keine interrupts her, not wanting to lose focus.
"Well, I think he meant anything that contains DNA. Blood, tissues, hair and so on."
"Deee…. End… A?" Everyone else who's not familiar with the word asks in confusion.
"Genetic material. Existed inside everything. Codes for generations of creatures." Abathur explains a bit.
"So you're planning to capture us and dissect us?" Reimu concludes after hearing that explanation.
"… Original plan."
Keine is about to punch him if Reisen doesn't stop her. "I don't think he's planning to kill us or anything. The idea sounds horrible, yes, but that's science for you."
"Easy for you to say." The village protector deadpans.
Reisen then asks back: "Do you need to completely experiment on our bodies?"
"Until necessary information is gathered."
"Do I have to say more?" Keine sends an intense glare towards Reisen, who surprisingly doesn't faze at all.
"Don't worry. I could deal with it." The Rabbit girl then turns to Abathur. "We could try to arrange something. Meanwhile, please don't attack anyone here, or try to get essence with force, okay?"
"… Agreed. Not wanting to die senselessly."
Seeing that things are getting more peaceful, Keine relaxes just a little bit. "I hope you could keep your words. Also, I suppose we should introduce ourselves now. My name is Keine Kamishirasawa, the protector of the human. The girl in red is Reimu Hakurei, the miko of Hakurei Shrine. The girl in black and white is Marisa Kirisame, the human witch in Forest of Magic. You already met Cirno. The girl with wings is Aya Shameimaru, a Tengu Youkai."
"…Tengu Youkai. Never heard of."
"Aren't you a Youkai yourself?" Reimu crosses her arms in front of her chest, from a little furious to curious about the creatures.
"Not Youkai. Zerg. From Koprulu Sector. Twenty-sixth century on human's time."
"Wait, we are in twenty-first century if what Sanae said was true…" Keine widens her eyes in shock.
"Then you're from the future! That's so cool!" Cirno shouts in excitement.
"Now that's something I would like to hear!" Aya immediately brings out her small book and starts noting in it. "Abathur, mind if I take an interview on you?"
"…Not inter…"
"I would like you to do it." Keine turns on her command mode. "After all, you attacked us first. Tell us something during the interview, and we will consider for you to stay here for a while."
For once, Abathur is not defensive side. However, it's not too bad, since it means he could collect essence without using force. Not much force. "… Will do."
"Great! Thank you Keine!" The Tengu thanks the protector.
"It's not just for you, Aya. For now, let's descend and have a proper talk."
Chapter 2 end!
Yep, the obvious difference in mine: Abathur doesn't know what a Youkai is. It will be better for him to try and figure out what a Youkai is from the beginning.
Also, during the time I wrote the chapter, I started thinking about potential strains for the Zerg based on Youkai in Gensokyo, and my mind drifted towards combining Mokou's genetic codes into Baneling's strain... Well Amon is DOOMED! Jumping Baneling is already annoying enough, having Hourai's revive and flying ability are just straight up cheating.
It will be a VERY SLIGHT chance my OC is in this, so don't worry much about him suddenly appeared. The first conversation was me (the Author) asking for permission from Yukari.
I think it's enough for now. See you in next chapters!